Is PSA Consistent? I performed an experiment and needed to know just how random the results are.

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JUST TO BE VERY CLEAR I WILL NEVER CRACK ANOTHER SLAB AS THIS WAS A TEST TO SEE IF RESUBMITTING CAN CHANGE YOUR GRADE. I NEED TO KNOW IF PSA IS THE WILD WEST OR THEY ARE CONSISTENT AND HONORABLE. I HAVE NEVER ALTERED AND WILL NEVER ALTER A CARD IN MY LIFE. IS PSA CONSISTENT? I performed an experiment and needed to know just how random the results are. I hear all of this talk on how you can resubmit slabs and get better grades. They are being graded by humans so I put them to the test. MOST INTERESTING RESULTS. A must see video if you use or are going to use PSA!!!

[@JEdwards713]

This video should blow up, interesting!

[@Jtbone_sports_cards]

Thank you Sir. None of my video's blow up or get many likes. LOLOLOL

[@old-schoolrookiecollector1667]

Awesome video man! I had the same problem recently got back an order some 7s and 8s luckily hit a numbered mahomes gem 10 to save me. I think it’s a combination of PSA grading a little harder and Panini having poor quality lots of tiny dimples in the surface right out of the packs pretty lame

[@Jtbone_sports_cards]

Thanks. I am glad you enjoyed it.

[@PistolPSportsCards]

Good informative video

[@Jtbone_sports_cards]

Thanks

[@DOZERDOWN]

Your cards look pretty dang good.. I've submitted 40 cards to them recently and I think my cards are decent enough to get 9s or 10s but now watching this got me a lil worried. I want to say you got the same grade back just because your cards are numbered. I'm pretty sure they keep track of stuff like that. Anyway, thanks for the video.

[@Jtbone_sports_cards]

Yes i tend to agree with you. They must keep track of numbered cards so it was sort of a silly experiment thinking back.

[@charlest7311]

@@Jtbone_sports_cardsthey really only keep track of 1 of 1’s. There have been many examples of people including SCB sending back serial numbered cards and getting different grades. In the case of the damaged by PSA card, you have 5 days after you receive the cards back from them to open a CRC case. They will have you send it back at their cost and review the preview pics they took before grading to see if the damage was there or not. I have done it and they will take ownership sometimes.

[@fnpal]

try resubmitting cards without serial numbers. They might have records of serial numbered cards that's been graded. There are videos that show different grades after resubmitting

[@Jtbone_sports_cards]

Very interesting. I was concerned about the serial numbers being easily tracked but unfortunately those 2 cards are real head scratching cards as they appear like 10's in every way. Good point

[@michaelrusso6822]

The qualifer (MK) for "Marks" usually means there is a pen or pencil writing on the card. It very unusual for a modern card, but for vintage back in the day (before there was grading) people would, for whatever reason, write stuff on cards. Back in the 70's, my little sister came with a brilliant idea to write her name on the back of all her Star Wars cards, just so everybody would know they were hers. Ouch! So, I'm not sure those divots are the reason for the qualifier. I'm sure you didn't write on the card, but you didn't show the back... could there maybe be some stray mark on the back somewhere? From just looking at the Swift card, I can tell you for certain that it will not get a 10. The centering is pretty far off top/bottom. At 15:08 ...if you look at the thickness of the blue borders on each corner... the top is twice as thick as the bottom. With centering like that, you're looking at an 8 at best. Add in any other issues... it'll just drop the grade further. I send around 2000 cards a year to PSA, and honestly... that centering tool is a waste of time. Not saying you shouldn't use it, but it's not difficult to eyeball 60/40 or better centering. Some card designs can make it tricky, so you just have to know what to look at. I see a lot of videos where people have focused on the left/right centering (it naturally stands out more), but they pretty much overlook the top/bottom. I find it helps if you turn the card sideways when evaluating. PSA has damaged only a handful of my cards in the past. Fortunate for me, the cards they damaged weren't very valuable (under $20 raw), so I just took the hit. In most of the instances, the damage was done during the "sealing" process. The card wasn't completely inside the grooves when the two slab parts were sandwiched together, and it crimped the card along the side. It was obvious to tell that's what happened, and I probably could have filed a claim, but just didn't wan't to mess with it. If one of the cards had been more valuable... I would have. The biggest mistake I see people making when evaluating cards to grade... it's not looking at the back of the card more closely. Scratches, divots, and even hairline creases seem to get overlooked a lot. People are quick to blame a bad grade on the grader, but most times it's because something was missed by the card owner. I've had lots of instances were I've cracked & resubmitted a PSA 9 that came back as a PSA 10, and even had a few PSA 8's become PSA 9's... but usually when a modern card grades a PSA 8 or lower, there's a good reason... significant imperfections. Anyway... like the video, and good luck with future grading. Just be careful sending in those $1-$2 cards... where even if you get a PSA 10, it's still not worth the grading cost. In those situations, you're better off just buying a PSA 10.

[@Jtbone_sports_cards]

Thank you very much. I can tell you are PSA expert so I will take this advice as fact. You are right about the grading tool as well. U can rarely get the card in there perfectly and we know for a fact PSA can not do 1 million cards a month with a tool. They just eyeball it. The mk looked like someone pressed a pen around Kelce name. No ink was left just an indent around his name. The back was fine. Thanks again for breaking it all down.

[@MrJoshpeck247]

You are missing something on the cards. I personally have cracked and resubmitted with success but I usually crack othet companies and send to PSA. I will crack 8s amd below IF i think he was graded wrong especially modern cards.